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Heavy-metal pioneer Ozzy Osbourne has just published his tell-all autobiography called “I Am Ozzy.” It’s a rambling chronicle of his drug- and alcohol-fueled music career which spanned decades. Ozzy visits “Good Day LA” to talk about his new book and what’s happening in his life today.

You can catch Ozzy at the following book signings:

Wednesday February 3rd
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm BARNES AND NOBLE at 7881 Edinger Ave, Huntington Beach, CA 92647

I AM OZZY

(Grand Central Publishing Hardcover; $26.99; January 25, 2010)

Take what you thought was “rock and roll excess,” double it, and you still would not be anywhere near the dizzying life of Ozzy Osbourne. Born into a life so poor that the entire family slept in one room, music was his salvation, and his band Black Sabbath went on to change the musical landscape forever. The inevitable sex and drugs came along with along with the rock and roll lifestyle, and Ozzy soon fell into an epic relationship with booze and chemicals.

The stories of Ozzy’s days on the road are now those of legend—biting the head off of a live bat, the tragic plane crash that took the life of his best friend and writing partner—but few know about the real heartbreak he suffered during those days of hard living. I AM OZZY is the heavy metal pioneer’s unbelievable story told, for the first time, in Ozzy’s hilarious, witty, and inimitable voice. In the end it was love that saved him: the love of his wife Sharon and kids Aimee, Kelly, and Jack.

About the Author

Ozzy Osbourne was born in Aston, Birmingham, in 1948. He has sold over a hundred million records both with Black Sabbath and as an award-winning solo artist. He has five children and lives with his wife, Sharon, in California and Buckinghamshire.

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Lance Gould of The Boston Phoenix recently conducted an interview with Ozzy Osbourne. An excerpt from the chat follows below.

The Boston Phoenix: How has the perception of rock and roll behavior changed since you started out? In the 1960s, bad-boy rock ‘n’ roll behavior fed into a kind of anti-hero treatment of rock stars that helped fuel a cultural revolution. And then 20 years later, that same behavior just seemed like a bunch of assholes trashing a hotel room.

Ozzy: It’s kind of like, if you want to be a success in rock and roll, do the rock ‘n’ roll that your parents love to hate. It’s like, one thing about rock and roll, which has always helped me a lot: it’s kept me young at heart, if you like. I have a great relationship with my son, I have a great relationship with my daughters, I mean, and it’s not bad with the kids. Everybody gets a fair shake in this house. I mean, the kids say, “Dad, you were fucking out of order,” and I go, “Okay, I’m sorry.” It’s not like, “Do what I tell you or shut the fuck up, I’m the boss.”

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On Friday the 13th of February, 1970, Black Sabbath went on sale.

I felt like I’d just been born. But the critics f***ing hated it.

Of all the bad reviews of Black Sabbath, the worst was probably written by Lester Bangs at Rolling Stone. But y’know what? Being trashed by Rolling Stone was kind of cool, because they were the Establishment. Those music magazines were all staffed by college kids who thought they were clever — which, to be fair, they probably were.

Meanwhile, we’d been kicked out of school at 15 and had worked in factories for a living, but then we’d made something of ourselves. So how upset could we be? The important thing was someone thought we were good, ’cos Black Sabbath went straight to No 8 in Britain and No 23 in America.

My old man wasn’t too impressed with our first album, either. I’ll always remember the day I took it home and said: “Look, dad! I got my voice on a record!”

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